Pretty stupid for openreach to have that added on their site "I'm not a robot" recaptcha.

I presume it was in response to people writing scripted frontends

Ah yes, running ad blocker.

Anyway, I have asked Cerebus if they can tell me the 'premises passed' so that i can approach them to see if they would like to share the costs.

So far, i had a guess and spoke to my direct neighbour, and he was very interested so that's 50% of the true instal cost covered.



But how does it work?

I understand that if i went it alone, i would be paying the £100/mnth plus for the first year, and can then jump to another provider.

But does everyone who does sign up to get connected to 'my' fibre have to do the same for the first twelve months?

If your neighbours link their orders with you they may quality for the £500 voucher but they will be liable for 12 months payment of £120pm. It is cheaper for them to just order native FTTP once yours goes live so you would need an informal agreement for them to contribute to your install costs.

The linked order concept only really works where there are multiple businesses who can pool their £2,500 vouchers to reduce the install costs.

Edited by brookheather (Mon 18-Mar-19 20:30:25)

Ah ok thanks, i think i get it.

If my Install cost was £5k, i could split that into three so we all pay a third.

I would sign up for the 120/month, but they could sign up for a 'standard' tariff of their choosing from a provider of their choosing, ultimately making it cheaper for them in the long run?

In reply to a post by Alucidnation:

I would sign up for the 120/month, but they could sign up for a 'standard' tariff of their choosing from a provider of their choosing

Yes - including various cashback deals out there.

Great stuff, thanks.

I don't mind paying a bit more monthly, if they are happy to split the install costs!

I'll keep this up to date.

Latest news for my order...

An engineer was here today, outside where the jointing team originally was doing work as the problem was apparently there. He was here for quite a while and was quite chatty. I believe he was the precision testing officer as he was asked originally to go to the exchange and appeared to be called off from a different job, he didn't believe the problem was at the exchange and originally wasn't supposed to come here (so good thing he did). He wasn't happy with the way they did the work outside, messy or something. He apparently goes around cleaning up messed up jobs a lot these days.

So, fingers crossed the problem is cleared and the order can now go ahead this week!

Edited by Ixel (Mon 18-Mar-19 22:57:37)

Did he say he had fixed the issue at this visit?

I had someone pop by yesterday to rope under the drive, but it has already been done months ago. Same guy is due back in 2 days to install the ONT and go live!

PfSense is running and configured with my fttc connection, ready for the fttp switch over

In reply to a post by candlerb:

I presume it was in response to people writing scripted frontends

If eyes can see it, scripts can retrieve it. Same problem with DVD/BluRay copy protection.